Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] him from " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to him Beatrice was so jealous that she locked Modi up in the cottage to keep him from going off with other women . |
| 2 | Mr Slovo , who learnt about the plan to kill him from the Johannesburg Star , not from the police , attributed the plot to the right 's desperation . |
| 3 | Mr Blunkett needed the cab to take him from an evening meeting in the town to nearby Poulton-le-Fylde — a £9 fare . |
| 4 | JOHN Major survived the challenge to topple him from Downing Street last night but one leading minister revealed the Government had believed it was heading for defeat . |
| 5 | Brown 's unpredictability and his refusal to endorse Clinton led to attempts by senior members of the party to prevent him from addressing the convention . |